Reynolds
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 92.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,674since 1888
Reynolds over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,178 | 14 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,759 | 21 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,668 | 21 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,836 | 18 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,582 | 23 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,683 | 20 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,076 | 14 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,890 | 14 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,529 | 21 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,334 | 27 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,446 | 22 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,879 | 14 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,576 | 19 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,295 | 27 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,357 | 25 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,933 | 16 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,468 | 26 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,720 | 20 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,493 | 25 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,458 | 27 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,827 | 19 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,549 | 24 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,238 | 30 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,176 | 31 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,342 | 25 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,146 | 20 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Reynolds! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Reynolds is popular in 1942
No state had 5 or more boys named Reynolds in 1942, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Reynolds
- 507 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #5,208)
- 1,088 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #5,208)
- 2,283 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #5,208)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1901 at #858 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1895–1901
- Highest: 1 in 15,210 boys born in 1901 were named Reynolds (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.7% of all boys named Reynolds (229) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 7 | #872 (1895) | #872 |
| 1900s | 23 | #858 (1901) | #1,163 |
| 1910s | 181 | #1,073 (1914) | #1,497 |
| 1920s | 229 | #1,275 (1923) | #1,618 |
| 1930s | 192 | #1,295 (1935) | #1,638 |
| 1940s | 198 | #1,270 (1945) | #1,643 |
| 1950s | 181 | #1,582 (1952) | #1,875 |
| 1960s | 136 | #1,839 (1963) | #2,293 |
| 1970s | 84 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,648 |
| 1980s | 76 | #3,805 (1985) | #4,876 |
| 1990s | 68 | #5,288 (1997) | #6,703 |
| 2000s | 72 | #5,767 (2008) | #8,319 |
| 2010s | 118 | #5,318 (2016) | #7,087 |
| 2020s | 104 | #4,701 (2024) | #5,390 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Reynolds in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 51,154 of them was named Reynolds, which outranked 67.0% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,316Ruby28
- #1,316Westley28
- #1,316Zack28
- #1,334Reynolds27
- #1,334Arland27
- #1,334Arnulfo27
- #1,334Barnett27
- #1,358Adelbert26
- #1,358Blas26
- #1,358Burgess26
Tied with 23 names at #1,334; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.